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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 13 November 2013
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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017, Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
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REPRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUITIES
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI
Social Issues – Some Examples
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 9 November 2015
Abstract In author`s opinion the policy of education in Poland, on limited scale is the subject of deepened organizational-institutional analyzes oriented toward restricted reproduction of social inequity generated by education system and labor markets. At the present stage of development in capitalist economy [...] Read more.
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CITIES IN THE STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC SPACE: METHODOLOGY, THEORY AND PRACTICE
Olga MELNYCHUK
Restructuring Public Space Governance
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 9 November 2015
Abstract The article discovers the basic theoretical tenets of the theory of center-periphery relations in the context of its use as methodology of decentralization of state power and local government reform. The author proves that the real subject of decentralization should be not regions but cities that organize [...] Read more.
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FOOD SECURITY: INDIA
Sabyasachi NAYAK
Indian Problems and Transformations
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 9 November 2015
Abstract The NFSA mandates to ensure that two-third of the population has access to an adequate quantity of food at affordable prices. A FGD conducted with select stakeholder conducts a SWOT Analysis and subsequently highlights the ground realties. The ecosystem for the effective implementation of NFSA is partially [...] Read more.
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
Shivika SAXENA
Indian Problems and Transformations
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 9 November 2015
Abstract The topic – Global climate change and Indian subcontinent: causes and consequences appeared very pertinent to the present times and scenario around the world. Indian subcontinent and the area in vicinity is the house of about one third of the world population and claim a major chunk in the world trade [...] Read more.
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E-APPLICABILITY OF RAJASTHAN DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES ACT – 2011 AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
Prahlad Kumar MEENA
Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract The inevitability of change is to be responded with the positive frame of all stakeholders in the system of governance. This is the research article which views the e- applicability of an important legislation enacted by the government of Rajasthan to ensure the quality delivery of services. Rajasthan [...] Read more.
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IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON MIGRATION PROCESSES IN EU
Adriana ŁUKASZEWICZ
Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract This paper presents the results of the research, undertaken within DELab, University of Warsaw on migration in the era of digital technology. The purpose of this research was to characterize and analyze the possible impact of social network and smartphones on migration processes. Read more.
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ADOPTION OF INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Karol I. PELC
Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract A model of innovation adoption process in interactive communication systems is presented. It combines classical approach to innovation diffusion (Rogers, 1962) with new elements of adoption analysis specific for social media and interactive communication technologies. Three models of adoption process [...] Read more.
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CONCEPTION OF THE INTEGRAL PERSON FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF TECHNOPOLY
Tadeusz MICZKA
CONCEPTION OF THE INTEGRAL PERSON FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF TECHNOPOLY
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract The aim of the article is to consider functionality of the model of integral man in the theory and in practice of information society. It is assumed that this model-like conception of man can be still an inspiration and act as a role model for multimedia users and for modern education, despite the fact [...] Read more.
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FROM INFORMATION WAVE TO VIRTUAL CIVILIZATION
Andrew S. TARGOWSKI
Civilization Changes and Technology
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract The purpose of this investigation is to define the central contents and issues of the rise and development of Virtual Civilization. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary big-picture view of the Virtual Civilization’s elements of development and their interdependency. Among the findings are [...] Read more.
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DOES THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION TEND TO A GLOBAL WILDNESS?
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Civilization Changes and Technology
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract At a certain time, Western civilization has dominated the world mainly due to the progress of knowledge and technology. It was more favorable to social development in modern and contemporary times than other civilizations. It was better, because it had an arsenal of "six secret weapons": democracy, [...] Read more.